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WEATHER: Rainfall expected in these 3 provinces

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Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Wednesday, 23 August 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 4 warning: Wind leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay.

B. Yellow level 2 warning: Waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports for a short period is expected between Alexander Bay and East London

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Mafube Local Municipalities of the Free State, Rustenburg Local Municipalities of the North-West and the interior of the Eastern Cape extending to the south-east coast.

ADVISORIES:

NIL

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and warm but hot in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot but very hot in the north-east.

North West

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

Free State

Temperature: Fine, windy and cool to warm.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine becoming partly cloudy and cold to cool, it will be warm in the east. It will be windy over the southern interior.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly.

Western Cape

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain over the south-western parts spreading to the southern parts from mid-morning, otherwise partly and cool.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly reaching gale between Cape Agulhas and Stillbaai spreading to Plettenberg Bay by late morning while moderating in the afternoon. It will become light and variable along the south-westcoast towards the end of the period.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy along the coast with isolated showers an rain at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

The Eastern half: Fine and cool to cold, become cloudy with light rain along the northern part of the wild coast in the evening.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be Fresh to strong south-westerly

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy from the east in the afternoon with isolated evening showers and rain in the south-east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Gentle northerly to north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly from the south from late afternoon

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.

Adamu Andrew Michael

Adamu Andrew is a journalist from Tanzania. He holds a B.A in Mass Communication from St. Augustine University of Tanzania. He is currently working with The South African on syndication content like weather, daily horoscopes, soapies, On This Day, and newspaper front pages.